Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-01-21
FROM The CAPITAL.
Co respondence of the RECORD:
BISMARCK, Oak, Jan. 1G 1887.


had grasped the reins III the house.
The conncil combination has thus far remained |
but the house to-day is in II state |
Of warke turmoil, from which it will not |
emerge until the combination is broken. The |
election to the speakershp of Mr.. Crose, the |
large, wellmeanng gentleman from Hyde |
county, was looked upon as IN assurance of har- |
lnony, and perpetuation of the power of the |
combination until the close of the session. But |
this sweet illusion was dspeled yesterday after
neon, when the committees were announced,
and MIR. Hobart, Of Moody county, who had |
been promised the craftsmanship of the commit |
lee on railroads, was given, instead, second and
third positions on minor and unimportant COM
mttees. Mr.. Roger, too. who was promised the |
of the committee on insurance.
and was shelved upon the brica-brac of such
committees education and military affairs, is
quietly preparing to "get evcn' with n ven
geance. The firm and tenacious Sullivan, of
Aurora, is also mixing his war-paint for having
been ignored. And thus might go on and
name over ten of the members from the southern
counties who are prepured to smash the house
combination into smithereens. No one doubts
Speaker Crose's honesty of purpose. but his i'll.
experience in legislative matters led him into
sihle, and he is now the most vehemently
damned and excoriated gentleman IN the halls
of the legislature
This means much. ltmeans that tl,e combna-
ton of the house which would have opposed the
renloval:of the United States court from YanlS~
Ton to Mitchell has been broken. It means that
the house forces which were SO arranged as to
put check upon the council combination which
with Mr.. Lawer, of Mitchell, as its leader, would
favor the removal of the court, are now STAN
peding toward the oouncil organization, and,
unless Speaker Crose and his friends can do
GONE excellent harmonizing during tho next
week, tho southern farmer members will lose
their grip upon the house.
One fact worth mentioning-and o fact that
elicits words of congratulaLion and praise from q
minority of the gentlemen in the lobby-is that
the farmers arc in the ascendancy, and there ic
an almost unanimous sentiment for legislation
favoring the producing class as against the cor
porations.
vi course MIR. Lawler, Mitchell, 10 on the
railroad committee in tho council, and Mr..
Greene of Mandan, Northern Pacific diyirion
superin tendent, is on the committee in the
house. But there is a majority of farmers on
both committees, and the recognition of these
gentlemen is not looked upon with alarm. Mr..
Lawler is a banker, but his father is the we'll
known official of the e., M. & st. P. road He is
q creditable member of the upper house, and
seems inclined to be fair. The farmers can ex-
cuse the appointment of Lawler; but as they
had control OF the house, they are not quick to
overlook the appointment of Mr.. Greene on the
house railroad conmi ittee. Judging from tho
organization, however, do not think that in
this Mr.. Crosse has committed any serious mis-
take. ,lr--- 10
President Loucks, of tho Farmers Alliance is
now in the city, and in an interview with him 1
learn that the main objects of the farmers are,
briefly, as follows:
/. To increasc the power of the railroad COM
missioners giving them authority to fix the
minimum rates of freight to he charged on all
lines, and to give them control over all ware
houses and elevators
2 To so frame law that all elevator or ware
house receipts shall be negotiable paper, and
may be presented as such in amy town or city in
the land, us representing the value of the grain
for which they arc given. Heretofore the option
us to whether the grain stored should be returned
or paid for has been with the elevator compa-
nies, and the farmers believe that it should be
with them.
g. 10 establish Il territorial inspection for the
grading of grain, under the supervision of the
railroad commissioners.
President Loucks will remain in tho city during
the session, and the horny-handed yeomen Of
the Legislature have pledged him their undivided
| support to secure the legislation demanded by
| the alliance.
IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED.
The most exhaustive bill introduced thus far
| which is book in itself, and contains over 200
| sections It is to take the place of all existing
laws on the subject ofrevenue, and is one of the
most complete and far-reaching measures ever
introduced into a Dakota legislature.
N.Y. Collins of Grand Forks, also has m i'm
portant bill, re-creating the railroad commission
and extending its powers. In this bill Mr.. Col
Inns embodies nearly. all the points covered by
the Farmers Alliance propositions. Tho bill is
looked upon with favor, and, with slight amend
ment, may pass.
Hughes and Collins have each introduced a
bill providing for public examiner; but, as
Collins provides for dividing the territory into
examiner districts and creates two good offices
instead Of one, his bill is the favorite among
coming Democratic administration with hope
and cheer.
Among the other measures which create much
discussion, and which will split the bodies in
twain in hot debate, are the following:
A bill providing for the fogging of WIFE
beaters, introduced by Mr.. Hughes. The in
crease of this crime in the territory has prompted
the humane Hughes to introduce the bill, which
is looked upon with favor by some, and by 9TH
ers denounced as establishing q relic of barbar-
ism in the territory. And true 1t is that the
whppng-post is not in keeping with our ad-
vnnced civilization; but 1t is equally true that
the wife-beater should be peremptorily and
cffectually suppressed.
A bill compelling. parties contracting marriage
to procure q license has good prospects for pas
sage. This bill also provides that no "boy' un-
der 21 years can marry without the consent of
his parents.
Several bills extending the time when taxes of
1886 shall become delinquent-from Feb to
June /, 18s7-have been introduced, and, as they
are conflicting, a committee consisting of Messrs.
Dodds, Miltimore and Burnham has been ap-
pointed to frame bill which shall contain the
essential points of all others.
1t is now believed that the bill providing for
the maintenance Of the volunteer fire depart
rnents of tho territory will pass. This bill pro-
vides that the departments shall be maintained
from portion Of the tax paid by insuranoe com.
panies.
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